Gas Price Alert: National Average Jumps Nearly 29% as California Tops $5.60 a Gallon

If your last fill-up stung, you are not imagining it. The national average reached $4.04 a gallon on June 16, up 28.8% from $3.14 a year earlier, and AAA's daily tracker now puts the national average near $3.97. Nearly every state posted a double-digit percentage increase over the past year, which ...